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Harris Griswold, left, 16, works out with Brent Bielinski, 20, at Lifestyle Family Fitness in Cary, North Carolina. (Takaaki Iwabu/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT)

Sarah Siebach isn't much different from most members of the Lifestyle Family Fitness Center in Cary, N.C., trying to squeeze an intense workout into her busy schedule. One recent Friday afternoon she was hoping to do the treadmill, maybe pump some weights, before heading home to shower and meet friends for dinner.

She's a lot like the gym's typical member except for one thing: She's a junior in high school.

"I love it here," she says, surrounded by rows of high-tech workout machines and ubiquitous TV monitors playing up-tempo music videos. "It makes my mind and body feel better when I'm done."


For this grad, perfect attendance runs in the family
How many school days have you been absent this year?

Growing modesty movement shows teens they can be stylish without revealing too much
Backstage before dress rehearsal, 14-year-old Mary Nye looks at the clothes she will model at the Pure Fashion Show.

Going back to Beirut
My heart started thumping when my parents told us we were going to Lebanon. They were beaming with excitement - my dad hasn't gone back to his homeland in nearly 20 years and it has been 14 years since my mom and I went there.

'American Pie' actor steps it up with 'Promotion'
Superstar actor Seann William Scott stars as grocery store manager Doug in "The Promotion" alongside comedic legend-in-the-making John C. Reilly. Scott is known for his role as Stifler in "American Pie" (1999), "American Pie 2" (2001) and "American Pie 3: American Wedding" (2003), but this funny man is moving up to a new genre of comedy.

Makeup tips for sunny seasons
It's a brave girl who will let herself be photographed without makeup. Yet three already beautiful teenagers agreed to give their faces a good scrub at 7 a.m. and show up ready to face the cameras.

Video-game review: 'Battlefield: Bad Company'
"Battlefield: Bad Company;" For: Xbox 360 and Playstation 3; From: DICE/EA Games; ESRB Rating: Teen (alcohol reference, strong language, violence)

HYPE: 'Rock' out; city style
ROCKIN' STYLE

New book 'A Fog Over the Quails' disappoints
The nuclear family - loving mother, breadwinning husband, and adorable children - has been, for half a century, the hallmark of the American experience. But what happens when dream turns to nightmare as the result of drug addictions and childhood trauma? A dysfunctional Southern family, pieced together by fate, is faced with the harrowing effects of various vices - drugs, alcohol, sexual deviation and the urge to kill.










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